Cultivator



S. P. TAYLOR.

CULTIVATGR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24.1919.

1,363,375, Patented Dea. 28,1920.

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S. P. TAYLOR.

CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION flLEn Mmm, 1ste.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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SILAS 1E'. TAYLOR, 0F LORETTO, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO TENNESSEE IMPLEMENTS SALES C0., Ol? LORETTO, TENNES- SEE, A CORPORATON 0F TENNESSEE.

CULTIVATOR.

Application filed March 24, 1919.

To all w /Lom t may concern.'

Be 1t known that l, SILAS P. TAYLOR, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Loretto, in the county of Lawrence and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cultivators, and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character comprising a plurality of resilient ground working members assembled in gang and together with means whereby said ground working members may be relatively adjusted.

lt is also an object ot' the invention to provide a device of this general character comprising a plurality of resilient ground working members and wherein each of said members has coacting therewith novel and improved means for bracing or reinforcing the same.

rlhe invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved cultivator whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

rlfhe novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

ln order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of a c'ultivator constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, the beam being shown in fragment.

Fig. 2 is a view in top plan, with portions breken away, of the device as illustrated in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a Jfragmentary longitudinal seotional view taken through the rear end portion of one of the ground working members.

Fig. 5 is a view, partly in cross section and partly in elevation, of the structure illustrated in Fig. 4.

As disclosed in the accompanying draw- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Serial No. 254,578.

ings, B denotes a beam provided at its orward end with suitable hitching means and having a portion l adjacent its rear of increased thickness.

vertically disposed through the portion l of the beam B are the longitudinally disposed bolts 2 and 3 which are also directed through the transverse or cross members 4 and 5, respectively, whereby said members are capable of swinging movement. bolts 2 and 3 have their shanks upwardly directed, and engaged with the upper eX- tremities thereof and coacting with the top face of the beam B are the holding nuts 6.

rThe members 4 and 5 extend beyond the opposite sides of the beam B and are arranged in parallelism. Similar end portions oi the members 4 and 5 have pivotally engaged 'therewith a rigid link 7 which operates to maintain the members 4 and 5 in their parallel relation irrespective of their swinging movement.

Carried by and preferably disposed through the member 4 are a plurality of substantially equidistantly and longitudinally spaced members or bolts 8,' and each of said bolts or members 8 is disposed through and serves as a pivot for the forward end portion of the rearwardly directed shank a of a ground engaging member M. The rear portion of the shank a is continued by the downwardly curved teeth l). The member M is preferably Jformed of metal possessing inherent resiliency so that during a working operation, said member will have the desired spring action to facilitate its operation.

T he Shanks a of the members M extend between the member 5 and a supplemental member 5a underlying the member 5 and it is preferred that the supplemental member 5a be of a width in excess of the width of the member 5 with the forward longitudinal marginal portions of said members 5 and 5a substantially flush. The members 5 and 5EL are maintained in assembled relation through the medium of the bolts 9 or the like disposed through said members and in the assembly a holt 9 or the like is arranged at opposite sides of each of the Shanks a. By this arrangement, the members M have limited lateral swinging movement, one independently of the other, but at no time are they in interference one with the other.

It is to be noted that an end bolt or mem@ ber 9 constitutes the pivotal connection be-,

:end portion of an arm 11, preferably possessing inherent resiliency and the oppo site end portion of said arm is provided withra plurality of longitudinally spaced openings 12 whereby the same may be adjustably engaged with the :member 5a and preferably with the end portion.thereof.remote from `the link 7. One of the bolts 9 or the like is adapted to..be disposed through the desired openingvlQ. The arm 11 serves to maintain the members 4.and 5 in a desired swinging adjustmentabout their pivotsror bolts 2 andB respectively.

I also nd it ofimportance to employ in connection withtheshank 0; of `each of the ground*workingmembers M .a brace vor reinforcing member 14. 'This brace or Vreinforcing member. 14 comprises .an elongated resilient member overlying the shank aand ydisposed longitudinally thereof with its 4forward.endportionpivotally supported by the member 4 through the same instrumentality as r`the shank a. The opposite or rear end portion of'thebrace or reinforcing member 14 extends partially over-.the curved tooth b.

,Pivotally supported by the rear extremity ofthe braceor reinforcing member 14 is a .transversely disposed .and .downwardly di- .17. The upper end portions. of the handle members H are .connected .by the'y spacing .member yorrod 18. Said .handle members also `have secured-thereto the Vupper extremities iof vthefsupporting members or'stays 19 Vsecuredattheir lowerends throughthe mekthought to be obvious that a cultivator constructed `in accordance with my invention is .particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with' which it may be assembled and operated, and it-will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of somechange and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and forthis reason I do not wish to be understood asllimiting myself to the Aprecise arrangement and formation` of the several parts herein shown vin carrying out my invention in practiceexceptas hereinafter claimed.

l claim:

A cultivator comprising, inV combination, a beam, a pair of cross members'extending beyond opposite sides of the beam and pivotally engagedltherewith7 saidv cross members being substantially in parallelism, means for maintaining said members substantially in .parallelism .in various positions about their .pivots7 means for holding said cross members against movement relative to the beam, a supplemental cross member carried by4 one .of ,the first named cross fmembers, said last named crossmember beingin superimposed relation,;ground working members provided Vwith `Shanks loosely `directed between said last `named cross members 4and pivotally engaged -w-iththe second of the Afirst named cross members, a resilient bracingfxmemberextending alongv the shank of each of theygroundworking members, one end portion-of said resilient member. being pivotally connected with thesecond of the irstnamed crossmembers, the pivotal con* vnection of said member being common to the 4pivotal connectionr of the `ground working member, and a4 loop. member. depending from and pivotally engaged with the opposite end portion of the bracing :member and through which `the adjacentportion of the shank is loosely directed.

Intestimony whereofl hereunto aliiX my signature inthepresence of two witnesses.

SILAS P. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

"W, GCAPERTON,

HENRY J. SANDSCHULTE. 

